Fireproof building.



M. J. DAWKINS.

PIBEPBOOF BUILDING.

i APPLIOATIOH PILBD JULY 10. 1901.

FIE' E' %MM zoo c o altuna M. .I. DAWKINS. FIBEPBOOI' BUILDINGZ {APPLIOATIOK PILED JULY 10. 1907.

916,276. i Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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g. (mm 1 i v flltozncu %Ma/maces MATT HEW J. DAWKIN S, OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

FIREPROOF BJILDING.

Specificaton of Letters Pate nt,

` Patented March 23, 1909.

Applicatioii filed July 10, 1907. Serial No 383,()54.

To'all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTuE-W J. DAwKNs, u citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the County of Riverside and State of California, have invented a new and useful Fireproof Building, of wliicl tho following is a specificution.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel, simple, durahle and strong structure, which. is completely fire-pro`of, een be readily constructed, end is so arranged that certain of the well elements there-of Will eonstitute fire-proof door and windowfranies.

The referred enhodinent of the invention is iliustrated in the aeeompsnyng drawing wherelinr D Fgure 1 s a front eleveton of a portion of a building eonstructed in aceordanee with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal seetonal View on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a, vertical sectional View on theline 3-3 of liig 1. Fig. 4 is e detsil seetional View on the line 4-4 ofFi 1.'

Similar reference nunera s designate corresponding parte in all the figures of the drewngs. t

In the enbodinent illustroted, a found&- tion 5 of cement, stone or other suitable material is forn''ed in the ordinary manner, ind ereeted thereon are the Walls of the building. In the constretion of said Welle, upright studs 6 are provided, each being conoaved on one side and eonvexed on the other, said studs being preferebly eonstrueted of sheet metal. The spaces between these studs, with the exeeption of the door and Window openings, are filled with comentitous material 7, Whieh may be plaster, conerete, adobe or other substanee of an analogous nature. It will he observed, partieularly hyreference to Fig. 2, that the material, engnging the concnved and convexed sdes of the studs, s e'l'eetvely engaged therewth, and consequently, a

'strong durable wall 'is produced. Certain of 'these' studs, as for instsnce those desi"- nated 6 `constitute the opposrte side wal s of the door and window openngs, and t will be observed that said studs have their 2 eonvexed sides dis osed in op osin relation. The end walla' of t ie door an 'Window o enings are formed of transverse strips 8 an B which have concaved and eonvexed sides', and furthermore are provided with 'eeessed 'Beats 9 in their ends that receive the convexed sides of the uprgit et-uds` 6".

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?up er trensverse strips :ne prererahly pro- Vl( ed With terminal toqgues 10, which are engoged in soclets ll formed in the inner 'ma rgins of the studs (S and these up er i transverse strips furthermore are prov ed i With ohtstending ih'wnwrdly incline d lon il tndiLel ilanges '12 thai project beyond tle f outer edges of the studs 6%, and constitute water tahles above the doors and Windows. \"there ngularly disposod x\ ulls ternin te 3 in corners, oulor and inner corior pieces 13 {LYO onployed, sajdcorner pieces having their I Inner faces eoncnved and then' oter faces 1 oonvexed, the material of the rralle fillin the spaces between said (-orn sr pieees, as lstreted in Fig. 2. If smoke or other l'l'LGS ure desired in the wall, pipes, :is 14 may he emhedded at the places desired.

For loors, 'sghstantially U-shpod joists or rfters 15, are provided, said joists or rnfters having s'bstnntinlly fiut per faces. Placed npon said rapper fares and hridging the spaces between the jois ts or rftors is' wire netting 16, the nrgins of which ure embedded in the walls or foundution. Upon this wire nettig, gravel, stone or the like, in the form of groutwith a finishing eont 18 of eennt. It Will be evident that this structure is thoroughly fire-proof, and is strong and dura- 'ble. Moreover, it can be eheaply and ex editiously manufacti red and it will be un( erstood that fireproof doors and windows' may be employed in connection therewith.

F rom, the foregoing, it is thought' tharthe Construction, operation and immy advai tages'of the herein describednvention will out frther description, and iliwill be understo'od that vai'iotrs changes in the size, shupv; proportion and niinor details of Construction, may he resorted to' without departing from the spirit or sncrificing any of .the advnteges of the inveition.. e

Having tlris fully described n invention. what I claim as new, and desir go secure l Letters Pstent, is

' 1. In e fire proof structvreof the character set forth, a well comprising a body of cementitious materil having door and window openings, and-:i plurality of speed stnds embedded in the wall, nndxeuch conprisig z sigle metallie member, aid members having eor'spondg eoneve' faces. and opposte corresponding convexed faces, sud st ds hel ing loca-ted at intel-vais in the body und curbe apparent to those skilled in the art, withi ing 17 is plaeedfz'rid this grouting is eovered rin of the same having their convexed faces isposed in olposition and located on opposite sides of t e door and window openngs, forming the sides of the frames for said openngs. a i 2. In a fire proof structure ofthe character set forth, a Wall comprising a body of cementitious material having door and window openigs, a plurality of spaced studs embedded in the wall and each. comprising a single nietallitmember having a concaved face and an opposite eonvexed face, said studs being located at intervals in the body and certain of the same having their correspondingly shaped faces disposed in oppositon and located on opposite sides of the door and Window openings, forming the sides of V the frames for said openings, and transverse stri s located between the latterstuds and havn their ends formed to the shape of and abuttmg against the opposing faces of the studs, said strips constitnting the ends of the frames of said openings.

'3.' In a fire-proof strictire of the character set forth, the combination with spaced metallic members having outstanding sides locatecl in opposition, of 'a cross strip extending. 'between the members and having an otstanding flange projecting beyond the outer edge thereof, forming a water table, and cementitiois material located against the real' sidesof the members and against the cross strip.

4. In a fire proof structure of the character right strds having rear eoncaved sides and opposing eonvcxed sides, of a cross strip eX- tending between the sides and having a convexed 1' nder side andan outstanding downwardly iuclinedfiange that projects beyond the onter edges of the studs, forming a Water table, and cementitioi s material located in the concaved 'sides of the'studs and Upon' the cross strip.

5. In a fire proof structure of the character set forth, the combination With ang'clarly disposed upright walls having a cnrved connec+ tion and formed of'cementitoizs material; of transversely dis osed upright studs located -at intervals in the bo'dy and comprising metallic members having opposite concaved faces and convexed faces, andi inner and. outer s aced corner reinforcements curved concen rcally to each other and -to the curvatrre of the corner, said cortier reinforcements bein 'embedded in the eementitiots body and aving their exposed faces fli sh With the inner and oter s'trfaces of the walls, said corner reinforcements frrthermore being spaced from the studs.

J In testimony that' I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signati re in the presence of two/; itnesses :varur w J. DAWKINS.

VVitnesses RENA E; SMITH,

GLENN HPAPINEAU.

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